BEYOND THE AUKOEREBIS
Thatâs not technically true, but hereâs the first peek at our BEYOND AUKOEREBIS plan ⊠The Marais and Van Kets clans will meet on the Namaqua West Coast on June 18th, in the process ticking of their first arid paradise. A meandering trip up the coast from Koiingnaas will take them to Port Nolloth for a icy surf before they mission into Richtersveld Proper.
This âPlace of Great Thirstâ makes up part of the expansive Kalahari Basin, and will be our â4th Desert. Our key destination is the incredible !Xaus Lodge, home to a large swathe of land belonging to the Khomani San people. At !Xaus, we will get to interact with these ancient hunter-gatherer people, tracking the dunescapes, finding medicinal plants, and camping wild on vast desert pans.
Desert #5 is Augrabies, again one of the SANparks Arid Parksâ premier destinations, also known as âAukoerebisâ â or the âPlace of Great Noiseâ â in the Khoi language. One of our key adventures will take place here as we abseil into the granite gorge with FLUID Anvils, and descend the thundering white-water below South Africaâs biggest waterfall.


EXPEDITION INFORMATION:
This expedition was the third in a series of five Beyond Expeditions with Jacques Marais. The min concept of this expedition changed because of the lack of sponsorship. Beyond Aukoerebis became a âfamily adventureâ to highlight the need for adventure in all our lives and that can be done as a family. The expedition took us to the Ais-Ais/Richtersveldt Transfrontier Park, Fish River Canyon, Luderitz, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Augrabies Falls National park.
- Support Distance travvelled
5100km
- Temperature
-1° - 35°C
- Crew Transport
2 x Isuzu DBL Cab X-Raiders
- ...
Dunlop AT3G tyres
- Mountain Bike
Giant Anthem 29er 2
- Kayaks
Fluid
- Countries
South Africa
- ...
Namibia
PARTICIPANTS:
- Peter Van Kets
- Jacques Marais
Photographer
- Pete Kirk
Videographer
SUPPORT:
SPONSORS:
- Dunlop Tyres
South Africa
- Isuzu
South Africa
- FrontRunner
South Africa
- Hi-Tec
âWhy do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.ââ A Hat Full of Sky
